Abstract
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is common in runners and is often related to excessive rearfoot eversion. Increased eversion is known to be associated with increased knee flexion, internal rotation, and reduced adduction [1]. Therefore, our purpose was to investigate coupling between the foot and knee in runners with PFPS. We hypothesized that the PFPS group would display larger coupling angles at baseline, due to relatively greater eversion. We also expected that these angles would increase to a greater degree in the PFPS group at the end of a prolonged run.
Highlights
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is common in runners and is often related to excessive rearfoot eversion
1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community Alberto Leardini, Chris Nester, Alex Stacoff and Dieter Rosenbaum Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1757-1146-1-S1-info.pdf
Values were averaged over the first half of stance: Period 1: footstrike to vertical impact peak (VIP) and Period 2: VIP to vertical propulsive peak
Summary
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is common in runners and is often related to excessive rearfoot eversion. Email: Irene S Davis* - mcclay@udel.edu * Corresponding author from 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community Bologna, Italy. Published: 26 September 2008 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008, 1(Suppl 1):O15 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-1-S1-O15 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community Alberto Leardini, Chris Nester, Alex Stacoff and Dieter Rosenbaum Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1757-1146-1-S1-info.pdf
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